The reason above is the tourists who don’t understand the concept of a Siesta in the afternoon….& thus the locals having to work through the hot part of the day.
Damn tourist and they’re being touristy.
It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!
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Damn tourist and they’re being touristy.
They still do siestas. My wife was in Costa Torrox 2 weeks ago.
Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rod Mcguirk
Published Aug 07, 2025 • 3 minute read
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.
But due to increasing coral cover since 2017, the coral deaths — caused mainly by bleaching last year associated with climate change — have left the area of living coral across the iconic reef system close to its long-term average, the Australian Institute of Marine Science said in its annual survey on Wednesday.
The change underscores a new level of volatility on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the report said.
Mike Emslie, who heads the tropical marine research agency’s long-term monitoring program, said the live coral cover measured in 2024 was the largest recorded in 39 years of surveys.
The losses from such a high base of coral cover had partially cushioned the serious climate impacts on the world’s largest reef ecosystem, which covers 344,000 square kilometres off the northeast Australian coast, he said.
“These are substantial impacts and evidence that the increasing frequency of coral bleaching is really starting to have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef,” Emslie said on Thursday.
“While there’s still a lot of coral cover out there, these are record declines that we have seen in any one year of monitoring,” he added.
Emslie’s agency divides the Great Barrier Reef, which extends 1,500 kilometres along the Queensland state coast, into three similarly-sized regions: northern, central and southern.
Living coral cover shrunk by almost a third in the south in a year, a quarter in the north and by 14% in the central region, the report said.
Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest — and fourth ever recorded — mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of the world’s coral reef area, including the Great Barrier Reef, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coral reef watch. So far at least 83 countries have been impacted.
This bleaching event started in January 2023 and was declared a global crisis in April 2024. It easily eclipsed the previous biggest global coral bleaching event, from 2014 to 2017, when 68.2% had bleaching from heat stress.
Large areas around Australia — but not the Great Barrier Reef — hit the maximum or near maximum of bleaching alert status during this latest event. Australia in March this year started aerial surveys of 281 reefs across the Torres Strait and the entire northern Great Barrier Reef and found widespread coral bleaching. Of the 281 reefs, 78 were more than 30% bleached.
Coral has a hard time thriving and at times even surviving in prolonged hot water. They can survive short bursts, but once certain thresholds of weeks and high temperatures are passed, the coral is bleached, which means it turns white because it expels the algae that live in the tissue and give them their colors. Bleached corals are not dead, but they are weaker and more vulnerable to disease.
Coral reefs often bounce back from these mass global bleaching events, but often they are not as strong as they were before.
Coral reefs are considered a “unique and threatened system” due to climate change and are especially vulnerable to global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proclaimed in 2018. The world has now warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. That report said “tropical corals may be even more vulnerable to climate change than indicated in assessments made in 2014.”
The report said back-to-back big bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef in the mid 2010s “suggest that the research community may have underestimated climate risks for coral reefs.”
“Warm water (tropical) coral reefs are projected to reach a very high risk of impact at 1.2°C, with most available evidence suggesting that coral-dominated ecosystems will be non-existent at this temperature or higher. At this point, coral abundance will be near zero at many locations,” the report said.
— Associated Press Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
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Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rod Mcguirk
Published Aug 07, 2025 • 3 minute read
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.
But due to increasing coral cover since 2017, the coral deaths — caused mainly by bleaching last year associated with climate change — have left the area of living coral across the iconic reef system close to its long-term average, the Australian Institute of Marine Science said in its annual survey on Wednesday.
The change underscores a new level of volatility on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the report said.
Mike Emslie, who heads the tropical marine research agency’s long-term monitoring program, said the live coral cover measured in 2024 was the largest recorded in 39 years of surveys.
The losses from such a high base of coral cover had partially cushioned the serious climate impacts on the world’s largest reef ecosystem, which covers 344,000 square kilometres off the northeast Australian coast, he said.
“These are substantial impacts and evidence that the increasing frequency of coral bleaching is really starting to have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef,” Emslie said on Thursday.
“While there’s still a lot of coral cover out there, these are record declines that we have seen in any one year of monitoring,” he added.
Emslie’s agency divides the Great Barrier Reef, which extends 1,500 kilometres along the Queensland state coast, into three similarly-sized regions: northern, central and southern.
Living coral cover shrunk by almost a third in the south in a year, a quarter in the north and by 14% in the central region, the report said.
Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest — and fourth ever recorded — mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of the world’s coral reef area, including the Great Barrier Reef, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coral reef watch. So far at least 83 countries have been impacted.
This bleaching event started in January 2023 and was declared a global crisis in April 2024. It easily eclipsed the previous biggest global coral bleaching event, from 2014 to 2017, when 68.2% had bleaching from heat stress.
Large areas around Australia — but not the Great Barrier Reef — hit the maximum or near maximum of bleaching alert status during this latest event. Australia in March this year started aerial surveys of 281 reefs across the Torres Strait and the entire northern Great Barrier Reef and found widespread coral bleaching. Of the 281 reefs, 78 were more than 30% bleached.
Coral has a hard time thriving and at times even surviving in prolonged hot water. They can survive short bursts, but once certain thresholds of weeks and high temperatures are passed, the coral is bleached, which means it turns white because it expels the algae that live in the tissue and give them their colors. Bleached corals are not dead, but they are weaker and more vulnerable to disease.
Coral reefs often bounce back from these mass global bleaching events, but often they are not as strong as they were before.
Coral reefs are considered a “unique and threatened system” due to climate change and are especially vulnerable to global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proclaimed in 2018. The world has now warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. That report said “tropical corals may be even more vulnerable to climate change than indicated in assessments made in 2014.”
The report said back-to-back big bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef in the mid 2010s “suggest that the research community may have underestimated climate risks for coral reefs.”
“Warm water (tropical) coral reefs are projected to reach a very high risk of impact at 1.2°C, with most available evidence suggesting that coral-dominated ecosystems will be non-existent at this temperature or higher. At this point, coral abundance will be near zero at many locations,” the report said.
— Associated Press Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping.
So it is all normal . Okay .Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Rod Mcguirk
Published Aug 07, 2025 • 3 minute read
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping, Australian authorities say.
But due to increasing coral cover since 2017, the coral deaths — caused mainly by bleaching last year associated with climate change — have left the area of living coral across the iconic reef system close to its long-term average, the Australian Institute of Marine Science said in its annual survey on Wednesday.
The change underscores a new level of volatility on the UNESCO World Heritage Site, the report said.
Mike Emslie, who heads the tropical marine research agency’s long-term monitoring program, said the live coral cover measured in 2024 was the largest recorded in 39 years of surveys.
The losses from such a high base of coral cover had partially cushioned the serious climate impacts on the world’s largest reef ecosystem, which covers 344,000 square kilometres off the northeast Australian coast, he said.
“These are substantial impacts and evidence that the increasing frequency of coral bleaching is really starting to have detrimental effects on the Great Barrier Reef,” Emslie said on Thursday.
“While there’s still a lot of coral cover out there, these are record declines that we have seen in any one year of monitoring,” he added.
Emslie’s agency divides the Great Barrier Reef, which extends 1,500 kilometres along the Queensland state coast, into three similarly-sized regions: northern, central and southern.
Living coral cover shrunk by almost a third in the south in a year, a quarter in the north and by 14% in the central region, the report said.
Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest — and fourth ever recorded — mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of the world’s coral reef area, including the Great Barrier Reef, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s coral reef watch. So far at least 83 countries have been impacted.
This bleaching event started in January 2023 and was declared a global crisis in April 2024. It easily eclipsed the previous biggest global coral bleaching event, from 2014 to 2017, when 68.2% had bleaching from heat stress.
Large areas around Australia — but not the Great Barrier Reef — hit the maximum or near maximum of bleaching alert status during this latest event. Australia in March this year started aerial surveys of 281 reefs across the Torres Strait and the entire northern Great Barrier Reef and found widespread coral bleaching. Of the 281 reefs, 78 were more than 30% bleached.
Coral has a hard time thriving and at times even surviving in prolonged hot water. They can survive short bursts, but once certain thresholds of weeks and high temperatures are passed, the coral is bleached, which means it turns white because it expels the algae that live in the tissue and give them their colors. Bleached corals are not dead, but they are weaker and more vulnerable to disease.
Coral reefs often bounce back from these mass global bleaching events, but often they are not as strong as they were before.
Coral reefs are considered a “unique and threatened system” due to climate change and are especially vulnerable to global warming beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change proclaimed in 2018. The world has now warmed 1.3 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. That report said “tropical corals may be even more vulnerable to climate change than indicated in assessments made in 2014.”
The report said back-to-back big bleaching events at the Great Barrier Reef in the mid 2010s “suggest that the research community may have underestimated climate risks for coral reefs.”
“Warm water (tropical) coral reefs are projected to reach a very high risk of impact at 1.2°C, with most available evidence suggesting that coral-dominated ecosystems will be non-existent at this temperature or higher. At this point, coral abundance will be near zero at many locations,” the report said.
— Associated Press Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.
Great Barrier Reef records largest annual coral loss in 39 years
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral across most of its expanse in four decades of record-keeping.
High temperatures threaten to reignite blaze after France’s largest wildfire in decades
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Hernan Munoz
Published Aug 08, 2025 • 2 minute read
VILLEROUGE LA CREMADE, France — Firefighters and local authorities remained on high alert Friday after France’s largest wildfire in decades was contained in the south of the country, amid forecasts of very high temperatures which could reignite the blaze.
Over three days, the fire spread across more than 160 square kilometres in the Aude wine region and claimed one life, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.
In hot and dry weather, the blaze quickly spread with a perimeter reaching 90 kilometres and local authorities said they need to remain vigilant throughout the weekend as temperatures are expected to rise above 30 degrees Celsius during another heat wave.
Region administrator Christian Pouget said some 1,000 people have not yet been able to return to their homes after the fire swept through 15 communes in the Corbieres mountain region, destroying or damaging at least 36 homes. One person died at home, and at least 21 others were injured, including 16 firefighters, according to local authorities.
Some 1,300 homes were still without electricity on Friday morning after infrastructure was extensively damaged, the Aude prefecture said. Residents have been warned not to return home without authorization, as many roads remain blocked and dangerous. Those forced to flee have been housed in emergency shelters across 17 municipalities.
“On Tuesday when the fire started, we learned that the inhabitants of the nearby village of Durban-Corbieres were arriving in Tuchan,” Beatrice Bertrand, the mayor of Tuchan, told The Associated Press. “We have received and hosted over 200 people. We gave them food, thanks to local businesses who opened their stores despite it being very late.
“Civil Protection brought us beds. And also the local villagers offered their homes to welcome them. It was their first night here and many were shocked and scared.”
An investigation is underway to determine what sparked the fire.
The fire was the largest recorded since France’s national fire database was created in 2006. But France’s minister for ecological transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, called the blaze the worst since 1949 and linked it to climate change.
Southern Europe has seen multiple large fires this summer. Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires. Last month, a wildfire that reached the southern port of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, left around 300 people injured.
Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Hernan Munoz
Published Aug 08, 2025 • 2 minute read
VILLEROUGE LA CREMADE, France — Firefighters and local authorities remained on high alert Friday after France’s largest wildfire in decades was contained in the south of the country, amid forecasts of very high temperatures which could reignite the blaze.
Over three days, the fire spread across more than 160 square kilometres in the Aude wine region and claimed one life, forcing hundreds of residents to flee their homes.
In hot and dry weather, the blaze quickly spread with a perimeter reaching 90 kilometres and local authorities said they need to remain vigilant throughout the weekend as temperatures are expected to rise above 30 degrees Celsius during another heat wave.
Region administrator Christian Pouget said some 1,000 people have not yet been able to return to their homes after the fire swept through 15 communes in the Corbieres mountain region, destroying or damaging at least 36 homes. One person died at home, and at least 21 others were injured, including 16 firefighters, according to local authorities.
Some 1,300 homes were still without electricity on Friday morning after infrastructure was extensively damaged, the Aude prefecture said. Residents have been warned not to return home without authorization, as many roads remain blocked and dangerous. Those forced to flee have been housed in emergency shelters across 17 municipalities.
“On Tuesday when the fire started, we learned that the inhabitants of the nearby village of Durban-Corbieres were arriving in Tuchan,” Beatrice Bertrand, the mayor of Tuchan, told The Associated Press. “We have received and hosted over 200 people. We gave them food, thanks to local businesses who opened their stores despite it being very late.
“Civil Protection brought us beds. And also the local villagers offered their homes to welcome them. It was their first night here and many were shocked and scared.”
An investigation is underway to determine what sparked the fire.
The fire was the largest recorded since France’s national fire database was created in 2006. But France’s minister for ecological transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, called the blaze the worst since 1949 and linked it to climate change.
Southern Europe has seen multiple large fires this summer. Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires. Last month, a wildfire that reached the southern port of Marseille, France’s second-largest city, left around 300 people injured.
Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
High temperatures threaten to reignite blaze after France’s largest wildfire in decades
Firefighters remained on high alert Friday after France's largest wildfire in decades was contained in the south of the country.
Why is it so fucking cold on the Prairie?
Overnight lows have been ridiculous. We need heat. Proteins and barley are ripening too fucking slow
Seeding wheat right behind the combine is going to suck ass logistically.
Overnight lows have been ridiculous. We need heat. Proteins and barley are ripening too fucking slow
Seeding wheat right behind the combine is going to suck ass logistically.
yeah, i understand what you mean. we really needed it in february during the election. we also needed flame throwers and mountain climbing gear to get to the library to vote.
Do you want to trade winter too?yeah, i understand what you mean. we really needed it in february during the election. we also needed flame throwers and mountain climbing gear to get to the library to vote.
Canada’s 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jordan Omstead
Published Aug 08, 2025 • 1 minute read
TORONTO — Canada’s 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record.
The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick.
That surpasses the next-worst season in 1989 and is about half the area burned during the record-setting 2023 season, according to a federal database of wildfire seasons dating back to 1972.
This season has strained firefighting resources, displaced thousands of people and stifled communities across Canada in wildfire smoke, with Saskatchewan and Manitoba seeing the most area burned.
Canada has been at its highest wildfire preparedness level since late May, with around 1,400 international firefighters called in to help so far this year.
Scientists have warned climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is making fire seasons longer and more intense.
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Author of the article:Canadian Press
Canadian Press
Jordan Omstead
Published Aug 08, 2025 • 1 minute read
TORONTO — Canada’s 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record.
The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick.
That surpasses the next-worst season in 1989 and is about half the area burned during the record-setting 2023 season, according to a federal database of wildfire seasons dating back to 1972.
This season has strained firefighting resources, displaced thousands of people and stifled communities across Canada in wildfire smoke, with Saskatchewan and Manitoba seeing the most area burned.
Canada has been at its highest wildfire preparedness level since late May, with around 1,400 international firefighters called in to help so far this year.
Scientists have warned climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is making fire seasons longer and more intense.
Canada’s 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record.
Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return home
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Aug 09, 2025 • 1 minute read
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This photo provided by the Securite Civile on Friday Aug.8, 2025 shows firefighters battling wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 near Jonquieres, southern France. (Securite Civile via AP) AP
PARIS (AP) — About 1,400 firefighters were deployed Saturday in France’s southern Aude region to prevent the country’s largest wildfire in decades from reigniting, as all residents were allowed to return to their homes.
Aude prefect Christian Pouget said the fire has been contained since Thursday after burning this week more than 160 square kilometers (62 square miles) in the wooded region, known for its wineries. All roads have been reopened but authorities issued a strict ban on accessing the forest, Pouget said at a news conference on Saturday.
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“The fight is continuing, firefighters are still working on (fire) reignition,” he said.
The blaze left one person dead and 25 people have been injured, including 19 firefighters, Pouget said.
High temperatures in the coming days are expected to complicate firefighters’ efforts.
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A forestry worker operates during France’s largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Photo by Manu Fernandez /AP
“The fire won’t be extinguished for several weeks,” Col. Christophe Magny, director of the Aude fire department, said, pointing to several “hot spots” that are being closely monitored.
France’s national weather agency Meteo France placed the southern half of France on a “high vigilance” alert for heat wave, with temperatures expected in the Aude region of up to 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday.
In neighboring Spain, firefighters continued to battle a wildfire in Avila province, over 100 km (62 miles) west of Madrid. Victor Fernandez, a technician at the advanced command post, told reporters Saturday the fire was being contained but warned the next hours would be “critical.” Extreme temperatures are expected to continue until at least next week, according to Spain’s national weather service.
The fire began on Friday afternoon with the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit working through the night to bring it under control and prevent it from approaching roads and train lines.
Southern Europe has seen multiple large fires this summer. Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires.
torontosun.com
Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Aug 09, 2025 • 1 minute read
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This photo provided by the Securite Civile on Friday Aug.8, 2025 shows firefighters battling wildfire on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025 near Jonquieres, southern France. (Securite Civile via AP) AP
PARIS (AP) — About 1,400 firefighters were deployed Saturday in France’s southern Aude region to prevent the country’s largest wildfire in decades from reigniting, as all residents were allowed to return to their homes.
Aude prefect Christian Pouget said the fire has been contained since Thursday after burning this week more than 160 square kilometers (62 square miles) in the wooded region, known for its wineries. All roads have been reopened but authorities issued a strict ban on accessing the forest, Pouget said at a news conference on Saturday.
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“The fight is continuing, firefighters are still working on (fire) reignition,” he said.
The blaze left one person dead and 25 people have been injured, including 19 firefighters, Pouget said.
High temperatures in the coming days are expected to complicate firefighters’ efforts.
080925-France-Fires
A forestry worker operates during France’s largest wildfire in decades in Fontjoncouse, southern France, Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. Photo by Manu Fernandez /AP
“The fire won’t be extinguished for several weeks,” Col. Christophe Magny, director of the Aude fire department, said, pointing to several “hot spots” that are being closely monitored.
France’s national weather agency Meteo France placed the southern half of France on a “high vigilance” alert for heat wave, with temperatures expected in the Aude region of up to 39 degrees Celsius (102 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday.
In neighboring Spain, firefighters continued to battle a wildfire in Avila province, over 100 km (62 miles) west of Madrid. Victor Fernandez, a technician at the advanced command post, told reporters Saturday the fire was being contained but warned the next hours would be “critical.” Extreme temperatures are expected to continue until at least next week, according to Spain’s national weather service.
The fire began on Friday afternoon with the Spanish Military Emergencies Unit working through the night to bring it under control and prevent it from approaching roads and train lines.
Southern Europe has seen multiple large fires this summer. Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires.
Firefighters battle to prevent reignition of France’s largest wildfire as residents return home
"The fight is continuing, firefighters are still working on (fire) reignition," he said.
i dont mind having a blizzard on christmas day so that i dont have to deal with the assholified relatives. other than that you can have winter too.
Maybe it's your turn to start drinking at breakfast and be the asshole?i dont mind having a blizzard on christmas day so that i dont have to deal with the assholified relatives. other than that you can have winter too.
It's cultural. All shots of vodka are followed by food. Fill, toast, shoot, have a pickle. Fill, toast, shoot, have an olive. Fill, toast, shoot, have a piece of cheese. Fill, toast, shoot, have a piece of smoked mackerel. Fill, toast, shoot, have a piece of black bread. Etc etc etc.
Obviously not real Russians. Real Russians follow shots with more shots. And after THAT, they settle down to a nice snack of shots.